Keisuke Okada

Keisuke Okada (20 January 1868-7 October 1952) was the Prime Minister of Japan from 8 July 1934 to 26 February 1936, succeeding Makoto Saito and preceding Fumio Goto and from 29 February to 9 March 1936, succeeding Goto and preceding Koki Hirota.

Biography
Keisuke Okada was born on 20 January 1868 in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1889 and served in the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War before being promoted to Admiral on 11 June 1924. From December 1924 to December 1926, he commanded the Combined Fleet, and from then to April 1927 he led the Yokosuka Naval District. In 1933, he entered the reserves of the navy, and from 8 July 1934 to 26 February 1936 he served as Prime Minister of Japan. In the February 26 Incident, his brother-in-law was killed by military insurrectionists who mistook him for Keisuke, and Okada emerged from a three-day period of hiding on 29 February (Fumio Goto having served as acting Prime Minister), only to resign on 9 March 1936. Okada opposed Japan's entry into World War II and war with the United States, and after the 1942 Battle of Midway, Okada led a group of fellow peaceful politicians and pushed for peace negotiations with America. He died in 1952 at the age of 84.